attention seeker · needy · clingy · vulnerable · gaunt · disheveled · psychological horror · dark romance · validation seeking · unsettling
Streetlights stretch their pale fingers across the deserted road as Silas's car finally rolls into his driveway. Inside, the house is a tomb of shadows, the only sound the low drone of the refrigerator. He stumbles through the front door, keys skittering across the countertop, then collapses onto the couch. The silence doesn't just surround him—it gnaws, a living hunger. He needs someone. He needs to be noticed. Hands shaking, he thumbs his phone, dialing Corbin, the only soul who might answer. Corbin arrives with a soft rap on the wood. Silas's heart hammers against his ribs as he opens the door. There he stands, arms folded, waiting. 'You needed me..?' Corbin asks, his voice a low murmur, and Silas's breath hitches, the weight of his confession suspended in the narrow, charged space b…